Models To Avoid Based On Parts Availability
Yanmar Tractor models to avoid
Updated March 2011
Parts availability has nothing to do with grey market, US market, or how long a tractor has been out of production. The single key to buying a tractor that will have long lasting parts availability is finding a tractor that either:
1)- Was enormously popular
or
2)- Shares a lot of parts with a popular model or lot of other models.
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YM177 - no chance of getting parts - very rare model - no sharing
YM350 - Korean market model - no chance of getting parts
YM455 - Korean market model - no chance of getting parts
YM273 - no chance of getting parts - very rare model - very limited sharing
YM1110 - very limited chance of getting parts - very rare model - no sharing
YM7000 & other tractors over 45 horsepower- Very few ever imported because of the cost to ship them here- only a couple will fit into a container at a time compared with 12-20 smaller tractors. No sharing. Very rare in the USA.
YM2200 & YM2700- Does not share parts with anything else. It is a popular tractor though so parts availability is getting better & it will probably be taken off this list once a few more key parts get reproduced.
2 digit "F" series tractors like the F22, F16, FX32, etc. Parts availability is getting better but still very limited. You can now at least get the engine rebuild parts (pistons, rings, bearings, etc) but some transmission parts and most "cosmetic" parts are still not available new. We do try to keep a good selection of used F series tractors to part out though so we should have many of the used parts you will need. We recommend that you avoid these models for right now if you depend on your tractor to make a living and can not afford downtime while we locate parts.
Newer 3 digit "F" series tractors like F195, F395, etc. These are still very new to the US and there are no operation manuals or service manuals for them. Parts availability is VERY limited at this time. It will probably get better but it could still be many years before the parts supply starts to catch up. WARNING- These tractors are loaded with very complex electronics and are almost completely computer controlled. For example, the three point lever on most of these models is now even computer controlled! With no English service manuals or wiring diagrams we have a hard time recommending these tractors to anyone but adventurous electronic engineers
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